Javier Prieto

Max joined Crowe Tax & Legal in 2003 and has since then been Senior Partner and Head of the Labor Law Department in Barcelona. Max provides advice to companies in the process of staff restructuring, changing working conditions and collective bargaining. In addition, he is also a socio-occupational auditor and took part in operational due diligences, labor compliance development of variable remuneration systems and implementation of gender equality. He has also wide experience in litigatio...

Degree in Law from the University of Barcelona. Master’s Degree in Tax Consultancy and Management from ESADE. After more than twenty years of professional experience and having developed his career in firms such as KPMG, Andersen or Broseta, in April 2024 he joined ETL GLOBAL ADD as a partner in the tax area. He has extensive experience in tax advice to companies, national and international groups, indirect taxation in real estate transactions and Due Diligence processes. He also teache...

Roberto Armario is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law. Roberto, who practices law in Barcelona, Spain, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Roberto is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Maria J. Esteban is a partner of Bufete Escura since 1999. She has extensive experience in corporate law matters and also regularly advises on corporate governance, M&A and banking. Esteban is also an Associate Professor of Corporate Law at the IQS School of Management, Universitat Ramon Llull, and an Affiliated Researcher at the Harvard Law School Program on the Legal Profession. Prior to being appointed Partner of Bufete Escura, Esteban spent 6 years as Head of the Legal Department of S...

Francesc Valdivia is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative Law. Francesc, who practices law in Barcelona, Spain, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Francesc is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Rafael Martinez Monche is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Rafael Martinez, who practices law in Barcelona, Spain, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Rafael Martinez is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Cristina Nieto Enríquez developed her professional career at the prestigious Cuatrecasas law firm for 12 years, where she acquired extensive experience in assisting in oral trials before all bodies of the Criminal Jurisdiction, exercising both the defense and private prosecution of individuals and legal entities, as well as in preventive legal advice at national and international levels, and in the development and implementation of crime prevention programs (Corporate Compliance). Afte...

Partner Litigation-Arbitration Area at Crowe Barcelona office since March 2021. She began her professional career as a Court Agent officer in 1994 (Joaniquet-Tamburini). In 1996 she joined Mullerat & Roca law firm as a civil and commercial litigation lawyer. In 2006, she joined the litigation department of Ventura Garcés & Lopez Ibor, a firm of which she was named partner in the litigation area in 2014 until February 2021. Isabel is a leading litigator with extensive experience...

Degree in Economics from Universidad de Barcelona. She holds an Executive Master in taxes by ESADE. She has more than 15 year’s professional experience with tax consulting. She has wide experience in International Assignment Services, design and implementation of Compensation and Benefits Plans, definition of Compensation programs for Senior Executives, etc.

Ignacio Marroquín Sagalés is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Ignacio, who practices law in Barcelona, Spain, has been recognized since 2014. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Ignacio is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.